PAGE TWO TIE DAILY GOLlEffiMli 'Tor A Batter Penn State" J2..*svblisb*i 194 Q. Successor to the Penn State CotiegUa, establishes! 1904. and the Free Lance, established 1337. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania fit-ate College. Entered 33 second-class matter July 5. 1934, at the po3t-o-.ce at State College, Pa., under the act of March 3, 1379. Editor . JIJTI | L t Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Adam Stnysar ’4l <s^lkB^ d ' Lawrence Driever '4l UTTtorial and Business Office 313 Old Main Bldg. Phone 711 Managing Editor This Issue William J. McKnight '42 Xews Editor This Issue James D. Olkein '43 Assistant Managing Editor This Issue _ Robert E. Schooley '43 Women's Editor This Issue R. Helen Gordon '42 ■Assistant Women’s Editor This Issue ..Kathryn M. Popp *43 . Women's Editor—Vera I*. Kemp '4l; Managing Editor * —Robert H- Lane '4l; Sporta Editor—Richard C. Peters *4l; News Editor—-William E. Fowler *4l: Feature Editor —Edward J. K. McLorie '4l; Assistant Managing Elitor — fSayard Bloom *4l; Women's Managing Editor—Arita L. Mefferan '4l; Women’s Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rlcksl M*. Credit Manager—John H. Thomas *4l; Circulation Manager—Robert G. Robinson *4l; Senior .Secretary—-Ruth Goldstein *4l; .Senior Secretary—Leslie H. Lewis *4l. Junior Editorial Board—John A. Baer '42, R. Helen Gordon '42. R 033 B. Lehman *42, William J. McKnight '42, Alice M. Murray '42. Pat Nagelberg *42, Stanley J. PoKemp* «er '42, Jeanne C. Stiles '42. Junior Business Board—Thomas W. Allison '42, Paul 44. Goldberg '42. James E. McCaughey '42, Margaret L- Em* *42, Virginia Ogden '42, Fay E. Rees '42.• •Graduate Counselor Tuesday Morning, February 4, 1941 This Is Important ; —Read It Slowly The problem the Alumni Association faces is a difficult one. So far it has failed in a iarge measure to realize its full possibilities of service to the College. The College has more than 20,000 graduates and the association has less than 2,000 members. .. An alumni association’s only reason for exist ence is to help its college. Don’t interpret the motive as too selfish. Help to alumni and help to students are indirect ways of doing this. When we remember that a college succeeds by turning out men and women who will bear it the best possible ■name, the plan seems fair enough to everybody concerned. > • Some persons believe that money is an alumni association’s only reason for existence. Money in itself is nothing at all. It may help bring new buildings, increase the calibre and size of the fac ulty, improve administration, expand research fa cilities, and increase enrollment but an interested and active alumnus can be just as important in getting these things without himself paying out a cent. Through an alumni association, the work of these alumni should be coordinated. Interested and active alumni membership is the important thing for the College. Whether mem bers should be dues-paying and de pendent on how the activities of.the Alumni As sociation are to be financed. If an Association is to charge dues or to ask its members to work in the interest of the College, it must show those members that they are making a worthwhile investment. Alumni must not regard paying dues as a gratuity to the College. To many men loyalty and service to their alma mater can be its own reward. The Penn State Alumni Association has not capitalized on this, it has not shown the 20,000 alumni what they can do for the College or given them the way to do it. And it has done ver£ little for them. The solicitation of undergraduate memberships now planned is going to help the association as an educational campaign as effectively as a sales campaign. In this connection, Collegian believes the association will have its best success if it stresses Penn State history rather than Alumni Association history and continued College mem bership rather than Alumni Association member ship. The association has overlooked“something else. In a university as large as this, each student lives in a restricted group and feels his membership in the whole community only slightly. The feeling ol belonging to the College is stronger when nar rowed at first introduction to a feeling of belong ing to, a particular department or school. These latter groups are more easily and effectively brought together because they have far more com mon ground. The association here, however, has failed to organize and encourage these units with in itself. We Fail To Understand ' Dear Governor: Though we subscribe to your political faith, we. fail to understand the logic behind your budget introduced. last night. . You have recommended! increases for state teachers colleges because tjf building expansions. - This seems fair enough. Did you forget Penn State? it is struggling to operate the $5?000,000 worth of new buildings erected, here and handle an increased enrollment. Yfet not one cent of increase has been budgeted to fi nance these vital expansions. Downtown Office -119-121 South Frazier St. Night Phone 4572 ,_i Louis K. Sell aiHn!iii!iti!ii!i(i!i)iiiu!iiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimimimii!ii!ra if JIMDI ic r llrijnin LION TALES * (UiiiliiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniimiiimiiinmimniiimimiiiiniiiimiHuumimimi "DON'T TAKE A SNAP COURSE" or '‘THE SAD TALE OF JOE BLOW" ' “I need just three more credits,” - Joe Blow said to his chum. “Can you suggest something to take That’s easy and some fun.” “Oh, I know just the course for you,” His friend declared in glee. “You’re, sure to get a three in it. It’s simple, believe me. “The prof is old and almost blind, Can’t see beyond row three. And you can cut him all you want And still pass easily.” So Joseph scheduled “Slinging Two,” The snap coifrse—so he thought. Though available at Metzger’s No textbopk had he bought. He had a pal cry, “Here, sir,” When the prof would call his name. It was a great delight to him This small deceiving game. But after eight long weeks had passed Joe Blow received some mail. It was a yellow paper Saying he was due to fail. At that point Joe got worried, Thought he’d better see the prof. The guy was not so dumb at that f His hat he’d have to doff. For eight more weeks Joe struggled, Cracked his textbook every night. .. His classroom recitations Seemed perfectly all right. * He had “one” in a bluebook, And then a “two” and “three,” But he worked hard to get them You can take that straight from me, One day he took the final. It was a whipper-do. And though he thought he’d flunked it. He was glad the course was through. When Joe went for his grade sheet, There'next to “Slinging Two' 1 He saw a big round zero. “Good Lord,” he sighed, “I’m through.” There's a moral to the story That's been proved to be true. Steer away from all snap courses, Like Joe Blow’s “Slinging Two.” Best Cash Prices Liberal Trade In Cldin Used Becks Bet Bur Priced Before ■; t 1 * Buying Tour Texts IxSoCf S All College Courses. THE DAH Y COLLEGIAN T;!;!li :i |! H * TEXT BOOK TUESDAY, FEBRUARY. 4, 1941 Today Independent ’44 party meets in Old Main at 7:30 p.m. All freshmen Collegian, candi dates check in subscriptions be tween 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. PSCA Freshman Council, Room 405 Old Main, 7 p.m. Thespian dance, Rec Hall, 9 p.m. to 12. Music by Campus Owls. Admission, 75 cents a cou ple. Tomorrow Campus ’44 meets in Room 418 Old Main, 7 pm. Varsity boxing, Penn State versus Syracuse, Rec Hall, 7 pm. Freshman boxing, Penn State versus Syracuse, Rec Hall, 6 p.m. Varsity basketball, Penn State versus West Virginia, Rec Hall, 8 pm. Student Union dance, Armory, 4 pm. Miscellaneous Engineer’s ROTC band will meet every Tuesday at 4 p.m. and every Thursday at 7 p.m. Infantry RO'TC Band will meet every, Wednesday at 7 p.m. and every Thursday at 4 pm. “fdv CAN GET IT AT Looking For A ... 4 - .... - ' Snap Course £ Register For Corner Room No Prerequisites Held Every Sandwich Hour No Lab Fees v 8 Applicants SoujghlJo? U, S. Naval Academy President Ralph. p.,..Hetzel-has received a request for"‘informa tion about students from gemer set or Fayette C de sire appointmerdTto 'the United States Naval x Interested students •Tfqve-: been asked to repbrt to the "Fibiiaent’s office immediately. . For men from Blair, Centre or Clearfield a preliminary:. .ex amination for a-similar appoint ment will be held’on'br.i about February 21. Students destfifig to take this examination’ "should write to Rep. Jamies—Ev--Van Zandt, Hpuse of'Representatives, Washington, D. C. ' ‘ INFIRMARY CASEI A check-up -with officials'-'re vealed that seven • persohsT'-were confined in the Infirmary last night. They were: John H." Je nkins ’4l, cellulitis; Robert Kauf man ’42, grippe; PaulM. Doty’4l, measles; Herman L. Firike',--grad uate, grippe; Axel W.. Anderson ’42, mumps; Annabel Bpyd' '’4l, largyngitis; Lois A. Wickersham ’44, cervical adentis. METZGERS" 123 YOUR Theatre- Building ~
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